Practical Book of Oriental Rugs 1916 FA

The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs by G Griffin Lewis 374 pages ,large
book . Good condition.20 Illustrations in colour,93 in doubletone,70 in
line chart & map.
Inexplicably the scan of the cover appears rather sickly! Please ignore
,it is actually a rather pleasing even green and coloured. Absolutely
georgeous vintage book,hugely thorough,with many coloured plates,fold
out map of the Orient ,highlighting main centres of production. Also
contains a very large fold out chart of the distinguishing features of
known vintage rugs,lisitng type of knot,warp,pile ,ends,sides .woof
etc.

Some chapter headings:- Dealers & Auctions / Advice to buyers / Hygeine
of the rug / The care of rugs / designs 7 their symbolism /
Identification of rugs / Persian classifications / Caucasian
classifications / Turcoman classifications / Belucistan classifications
/ Ghileems,Silks & Felts /Chinese rugs etc.

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